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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Empire in Flames Query (Dug In) in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 9 months ago
You are correct, down is +2 to hit, as is anything that ‘counts as down’.
Empires in Flames is a theatre book – theatre books were published under first edition when down was only +1 to hit.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Japanese Grenadier Squad question in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 9 months ago
Lorenzo is incorrect on the splitting fire question, see the last para of the indirect fire rules, p72. That provision was missing in first editon, added in FAQ, then written into the rules for second edition.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Firing from Building in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 9 months ago
As Nat says for 1a and 2, 1b there is specific provisions for units in buildings to split fire – all models shooting from a particular side of the building must target the same unit unless they have another provision to split fire (one shot, indirect fire weapon). See p123 Buildings, Shooting from Buildings, first para, fourth sentence.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Running from a ruins or rough ground to mount a vehicle in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 10 months ago
@ Steeljackal – fixed weapons couldn’t be moved in rough terrain with a run order so a specific exception had to be inserted in the errata allowing it.
Again, specific exceptions don’t change/remove the general rule. In this case, I’d say they confirm it by needing the exception.
“Page 67, Fixed special rule, fourth paragraph. The sentence…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Can Medic attendants shoot? in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 10 months ago
As Arty Gun says, the rule applies to the medic unit as a whole, not just the medic model, so no model in the unit can fire.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Running from a ruins or rough ground to mount a vehicle in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 10 months ago
As written, I’d say you are correct. ‘Should’ is a basis for discussing a house rule for when the situation comes up in future, it doesn’t change the definition of ‘no run’ terrain. Same goes for exceptions in specific circumstances – they don’t change the general rule.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Should I introduce my oldman to BA with his old 1/72 scale soldiers in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 10 months ago
One common conversion is simply to use centimetres instead of inches for smaller scales – alternatively you can leave the measurements alone and enjoy a slightly less crowded looking table.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Question: Bombardament preparatory in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 10 months ago
One hit, specifically hitting the top armour.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Question: Bombardament preparatory in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 10 months ago
Only one hit, not a template or anything else, so only one model in the unit can take damage.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Double Barrel Shotguns for 28mm in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 10 months ago
Found this listing:
The ‘generic shotgun’ should be a double barrel side by side for the period, but looks single barrel in the picture? If so, could still be modified to a side by side. Another option is to modify one of the two rifles i…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Double Barrel Shotguns for 28mm in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 11 months ago
Bad Squiddo has some Land Army ladies with double barrel shotguns. There’s the odd double barrel scattered through the VBCW ranges (Empress and Footsore) but you’ll generally be buying a pack of four minis for one with a shotgun, I think the Great Escape Games plastic gunfighters have a couple of double barrels on each sprue (2 part so can be…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Defeating the Japanese? in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 11 months ago
Spotters can’t fire weapons – from the FAQ:
“Can a medic or an artillery/mortar spotter fire the weapons of a
vehicle they are being transported in?
It’s the passengers doing the firing, and therefore medic
units, because they ‘cannot fire any weapons’, cannot fire a
transport’s weaponry.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Defeating the Japanese? in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 11 months ago
They don’t have any such rule that I’m aware of, they even have access to AT grenades.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Nebelwerfer questions in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 11 months ago
The only thing the nebelwerfer is treated like a mortar for is it’s range and template size. The whole ‘counts as a heavy mortar’ throw away is meaningless. Everything else relevant to a heavy mortar is eliminated elsewhere in it’s rules. Other than range and template size, none of the relevant rules are even specific to it being a particular w…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Questions on the Partisan Paris Uprising Reinforced Platoon in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 11 months ago
Go to an Armies of series book.
Go to a theatre selector.
Read the last para, and it should read something like this:
“A Soviet force for the opening of Barbarossa must comprise one or more reinforced platoons picked from the following Army List. Each reinforced platoon is made up as follows:”
All platoons are ‘reinforced platoons’. The c…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Sept 22 BA FAQ: Clarification Request & Feedback for Game Balance in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 11 months ago
@Nanashi, Vehicle Design Rules PDF (unofficial) suggests difference between soft skin and open topped should only be 35 points. Looks like an error to me.
It’s then only 20 points for the light AT gun, which should cost 50 points, and another 20 to upgrade to medium.
Should probably be re-costed from scratch.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Sept 22 BA FAQ: Clarification Request & Feedback for Game Balance in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 11 months ago
Personal opinion – the FAQ is a total misread of the rule as written.
As written, you replace one characteristic from AoGB with ONE characteristic (not national list of characteristics) from Western Desert. You don’t get Unsurpassed Bravery AND Manpower of the Empire, you get ONE characteristic. If there was an intent to change that specific ‘…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Indirect fire from moving vehicle in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 11 months ago
You are correct about the fixed rule being what prevents most (not all) indirect fire weapons from moving and shooting. Light mortars are generally not ‘fixed’ so can advance and shoot.
Vehicles are exempt from the fixed and team special rules – p104, Vehicles, Vehicle Mounted Weapons, Fixed and Team Weapons. This means there is nothing…[Read more]
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Small arms vs Open top in the forum Bolt Action 1 year, 12 months ago
@Nanashi,
I’d refer you back to p101, Vehicles, Vehicles and Pinning.
The first sentence is the rule stating small arms can’t pin fully enclosed armoured vehicles.
Second sentence tells you that pins from heavy weapons vs fully enclosed armoured vehicles is dependent on experience.
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Stuart Harrison replied to the topic Japanese Banzai from a Transport in the forum Bolt Action 2 years ago
You are correct. The Banzai rule only kicks in ‘If a Japanese infantry unit is ordered to Run towards (or charge) the closest visible enemy…’
What he is suggesting (running out of a transport) would come under the final paragraph of the rule:
“Note that a unit can be ordered to Run/Charge in another direction, but in that case it will follow…[Read more] - Load More